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A Biblical relic
with incredible powers...
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the power to harm...
the power to kill...
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even the power to talk to God.
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The Ark of the Covenant,
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it's the ultimate high
technology device of its day.
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People were terrified of
this great and awesome Ark.
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Wherever it showed up, people
would all of a sudden die.
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But is this mysterious
gold chest truly of
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divine origin?
Or might its power come from
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some even more otherworldly source?
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It's a type of super
weapon that was being
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controlled or guided from an
extraterrestrial.
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Millions of people around
the world believe we have
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been visited in the past by
extraterrestrial beings.
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What if it were true?
Did ancient aliens really help
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to shape our history?
And if so, might the proof be
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found inside the Ark of the Covenant?
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The West Bank.
July, 2013.
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Ten miles north of the Israeli
settlement of Beit El,
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archaeologists unearth clay
pots, stoves, and a portion
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of a wall dating back to
around 1300 B.C.
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But the most mundane of their
findings here may also be the
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holes carved into the
solid rock ground.
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Based on the location and the
date of the artifacts, they
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believe these holes may have
once held the wooden beams used
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to support the Tabernacle at Shiloh.
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If true, it is the first
physical evidence ever
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discovered of the ancient
sanctuary built to house what is
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perhaps the most mysterious
religious relic in the world:
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the Ark of the Covenant.
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The story of the Ark of
the Covenant is one of
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the most fascinating and
unexplored stories of the Bible.
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The Ark of the Covenant had
some very mysterious powers.
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The Ark of the Covenant
was what took me
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out of mainstream journalism.
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I began to wonder, what...
what could this thing have been?
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Reproductions of the Ark
of the Covenant can be
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found in churches, synagogues, and
Masonic temples throughout the world.
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It has even been featured
in popular culture.
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But just what is
the Ark of the Covenant?
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Mount Sinai.
The 15th century BC.
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According to the Bible's Book of
Exodus, after the Israelites
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were released from Egypt, God
summoned Moses to the peak of
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this holy mountain and gave him
two stone tablets, carved with
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the Ten Commandments.
He also gave him specific
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instructions for building the
Ark of the Covenant.
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It was the box that was
constructed to contain
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the two tablets of the Ten
Commandments, which were
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irradiated with divine power
because they had been touched by
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the finger of God.
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The covenant itself was
a contract between
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"I will be your God and protect you,
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provided you keep
my "commandments."
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Israel's end of the deal, then, was
going to be kept in the box,
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which is the Ark itself.
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But the Ark of the Covenant
didn't only carry the
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Ten Commandments.
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It was also said to be the
throne of God himself.
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In the Book of Exodus,
in the 25th chapter,
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the verse is very clear.
God says to Moses,
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"V'Asu li mikdash
v'shachanti b'tocham."
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"Have them make me a holy place"
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and I, God, I will
dwell among "them."
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And wherever the Ark went, that
power of God went with them.
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The Ark is built in a
reflection of what's called
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a "heavenly ark."
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It was built two-and-a-half
cubits by one-and-a-half cubits
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by one-and-a-half cubits.
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So, the Ark would have been
somewhere in the ballpark of
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about a three by five
foot rectangular box.
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It was going to be covered
with gold, on the
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outside and the inside.
And it was to have two gold
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rings in each of the four corners.
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And it was carried with poles
that were run through the rings.
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And the orders were that, uh,
the poles should never be
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removed from the rings.
And the lid was to be made out
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of gold, and on each end of the
lid were to be, uh, cherubim or
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guardian angels,
basically, with wings.
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But why was it so
important that the Ark be
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constructed to such
exact specifications?
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And why would God, a spiritual
being, require a physical throne
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here on Earth?
Perhaps there is an answer in
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the Bible's description of Moses
after he returned from Mount Sinai.
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After Moses came down
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from Mount Sinai, he was glowing,
the Bible says, that he
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had to wear a scarf over his face.
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I am fascinated with
the idea that Moses...
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all of a sudden, his
appearance changed.
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And so, the idea that Moses, all
of a sudden, looked different...
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we have to ask ourselves why.
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Just what did Moses encounter
on Mount Sinai? Was it God?
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Or was it someone or something else?
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God is clearly an
entity not of this earth,
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and by definition, therefore,
an extraterrestrial.
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Where does he come from?
We must recognize that when the
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ancients are speaking about God,
there is no other term that we
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can use to describe these experiences
other than "extraterrestrial."
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After the Ark was built
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and the Ten Commandments
placed within it, the Israelites
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carried it with them on their
40-year exodus through the desert.
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The Ark of the Covenant
was considered powerful,
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because it was the meeting
place of God and humanity.
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And so, it had to be carried on
poles so that it could be
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conveyed without being touched.
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Certain people were
allowed to carry it,
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and those people were
ordained priests.
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Aaron, Moses' brother, and his
sons were certainly priests.
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It was a prestigious job.
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But you had to know
what you were doing.
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Now, the Ark would
be covered while they're
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carrying it, with a cloth, so
that they really couldn't see
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what they were carrying.
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And they were given strict
orders that they should not lift
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up the cloth and look at
the Ark and try to see it.
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But why was the Ark
considered so dangerous
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that it couldn't be touched,
or even looked at?
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According to the Old Testament
accounts, the Ark of the
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Covenant was not only a
powerful device on its own.
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It also housed a number of other
important religious relics.
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In addition to the Ten
Commandments, it held Aaron's
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Rod, the staff that could
miraculously turn into a serpent.
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It also held a jar of manna, an
edible starch which, reportedly,
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came from the sky.
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What we begin to realize
is that the Ark of
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the Covenant was a sort of tool kit.
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And once this tool kit was
assembled, we have the fully
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functioning Ark of the Covenant.
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The ark went before them
in the wilderness and made
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sure the place where the
children of Israel were to go
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would be safe and able to
provide for them in the desert.
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Anybody who's been to the Sinai
Desert, you could hardly imagine
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two-three million people having
any kind of sustenance
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in a desert.
So therefore, what the Ark
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must have accomplished
was profound.
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The Ark of the Covenant
was said to have
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protected and provided for the
Israelites during the Exodus, but how?
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What we can read in the Bible
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is that they were
sustained by something
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called "manna."
And the big question is where
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did this manna come from?
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Well, two engineers by a name of
Rodney Dale and George Sassoon
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in the 1970s proposed that the
Ark of the Covenant was nothing
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else but a container in which to
store what they referred to as
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the Manna Machine.
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The Manna Machine was a
nuclear-driven device that
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dispensed food, or manna,
to the Israelites.
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The Ark of the Covenant
is such a mystery.
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It could actually create food,
supposedly, the-the manna that
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they were eating.
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It's like some kind of, uh, super
engineering, duplicating energy machine.
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We have a concise description
of it in the ancient
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Jewish text of the Zohar, which
is a part of the Kabbalah where
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they describe the Ancient of Days.
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But in reality "the Ancient of
Days" is a mistranslation.
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The correct translation is "the
transportable one with the tanks."
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Since when is God transportable
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and why does He need tanks?
So in the Zohar we have concise
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descriptions not of God but
some type of a machine.
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Did the Ark of the Covenant
really house a machine
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that provided food to the
Israelites during their 40 years
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in the desert?
According to ancient astronaut
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theorists and many religious
scholars, the answer is yes.
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But that wasn't the only power
the Ark possessed.
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For as the Ark could sustain
life, it could also destroy it.
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The Jordan River, a 200-mile
border separating the
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present-day Kingdom of Jordan
from Israel and the West Bank.
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In 1400 B.C., this waterway
represented one of the final
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obstacles to the wandering
Israelites' long-awaited
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entrance into the Promised Land.
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The Ark of the Covenant
comes into its own
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when Joshua is given the task
of, uh, leading Israel across
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the Jordan River.
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And the story is that the Ark
of the Covenant would go first
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and be carried into the Jordan River.
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The water would stop flowing.
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Some energy came forth
from the Ark, causing the
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waters to literally stop and
ascend and therefore creating
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dry land for the entire children of
Israel to pass on off into the Holy Land.
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But if this biblical
story is true, what
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kind of power could the Ark of
the Covenant have possessed that
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would cause a raging
river to stand still?
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What if the people who
wrote these stories
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were simply reporting on what
they were actually seeing?
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If that's true, then the Ark of
the Covenant clearly represents
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a technology that is more advanced
than anything we have now.
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If you want to part
water, maybe a good way
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to do it would be with
high-speed winds.
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'Cause if you blow enough air,
you can get the water out of the
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way and you can actually maybe even
form those two walls of water.
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There's some kind of
technology that they're using
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and it's so that they can
accomplish their goals and
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continue on their journey,
and they're able to use this
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extraterrestrial technology to do it.
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According to the Bible's
Book of Joshua, the Ark
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of the Covenant once again
proved a powerful ally when
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the Israelites arrived on the
western banks of the Jordan
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River, set on conquering the seemingly
impenetrable walled city of Jericho.
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The reputation of the
Israelites preceded them.
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People were terrified.
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They have heard the rumors of
the power of this great and
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awesome ark.
They now come to the city of
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Jericho.
The people were commanded by
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God, march around the city walls.
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They march around
the city once on the first day.
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The next day, they do
the very same thing.
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The third, fourth, fifth and the
sixth day is the same thing.
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On the seventh day, they march
around and then they blow the
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trumpets and all the people shout.
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Between the marching
of the feet, the sounding of the
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rams' horns, the shofar, and
with some power not described
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from the Ark, enabled the big
stone mighty walls of the city
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of Jericho to somehow be
vibrated with a earthquake-type
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force which caused them to collapse.
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When I hear that they had
to walk around Jericho
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seven times and then the
trumpets were the ones that
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allowed for those walls to
crumble, one would have to ask
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yourselves, "Was there
something else to it?"
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Knocking something down
like a wall with pressure
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is not inconceivable.
So you could imagine trying to
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do this.
Now, when you look at things,
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think of standard examples
that we experience.
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Wget the sonic boom, and you can
feel it rattling the walls and
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you can actually hear it.
That's far away.
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Imagine getting a sonic boom
closer to the object.
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You might be able to do
significant damage to the wall.
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Could the Israelites actually have
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witnessed an advanced
technology, beyond even our own
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modern capabilities, a machine
that could instantly part waters
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and bring down stone walls?
Some ancient astronaut theorists
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believe the best evidence that
the Ark of the Covenant may have
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held alien technology can be
found by studying events that
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took place 300 years after the
sacking of Jericho, when the
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Ark was stolen.
According to the Book of Samuel,
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when the Israelites went to
battle with the mighty
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Philistine army around 1100
B.C., they brought out the Ark
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of the Covenant to
aid them once again.
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But God had not given them
instructions to do so.
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Angered by their presumption
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that they could use the Ark as a
weapon without His orders,
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He awarded victory to the Philistines,
who captured it as a trophy.
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The Bible records very strange
things then started to happen.
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Death, sickness broke out
amongst the Philistines.
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Now, in ancient times, they had
no understanding of energy or
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what we would maybe consider
something similar to a
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radioactive sickness.
They considered this to be
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displeasure of the god.
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They placed the ark
next to a statue of one
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of their gods, Dagon.
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And they leave and when they
come back, they see that
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Dagon's head has been
decapitated and his hands have
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been taken off. So they say,
"We've got to get rid of this thing."
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And so they loaded the Ark
of the Covenant on a cart.
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And sent it off in the
direction of an Israeli village
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called Beth Shemish.
Of course everyone ran up to
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look at the Ark.
And as a result, the Bible says
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70 men died when they
looked at the ark.
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For those who have been fans of
Raiders of the Lost Ark, and
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remember the last scene when
Indy is shouting "Don't look,
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don't look, don't look."
That's where that story comes from.
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The Old Testament
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contains numerous other examples
of the ark's devastating powers.
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And ultimately depicts it as a
deadly device capable of
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striking down anyone who does
not follow God's rules.
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When Aaron, who was
the high priest, his two sons
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approached to give an offering,
it's stated that literally two
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beams of fire came forth from
the Ark and went up their
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nostrils and burnt them from the
inside, leaving their entire
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outsides intact.
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Beams of fire?
Burning people from inside?
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Why would an instrument of God
contain such deadly powers?
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If the Ark of the Covenant was
truly divine, why would it
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strike down two people who were
simply trying to make an offering?
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Wherever it showed up,
people would all of a sudden die.
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In my opinion it was a storage
container that housed some type
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of a nuclear device.
And having a nuclear device in
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the hands of a technologically
primitive society would result
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in people dying left and right.
Naturally, people would refer to
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that as the wrath of God, when
in reality it's nothing else but
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the wrath of atomic power.
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Is it possible, as ancient
astronaut theorists
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suggest, that the Ark of the
Covenant actually contained a
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nuclear device?
One that was brought to Earth...
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not by God...
but by visitors from another planet?
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It's possible that the Ark
of the Covenant was some
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type of super weapon that was
being controlled or guided from
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an extraterrestrial.
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Was the Ark of the
Covenant actually a
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sophisticated, high-tech device
ancient Israelites were unable
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to control it?
Perhaps.
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But of all the Ark's alleged
powers, there was one that was
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the most incredible...
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its ability to communicate
directly with God.
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Petra, Jordan.
At the summit of Jebel Haroun,
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a small white dome marks the tomb
of Aaron, the brother of Moses.
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According to the Hebrew Bible,
Aaron was chosen by God to be
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the first high priest of the
Israelites... a title that came
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Aaron, Moses's brother,
served as priest of the people.
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And then following Aaron, the line of
the priests followed his genealogy.
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They were the ones designated
to carry the Ark...
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and they were the ones permitted
to come close to it in worship.
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The attire of the priests
was beautiful, but it
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was also there for their protection.
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They had to wear a miter.
They wore breastplate.
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They had to wear a long robe.
They had to keep certain areas
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the head, the lungs, the
heart, the genital area.
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The high priest would have to have
these on to approach the Ark.
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And when he approached the Ark,
he had to have a rope tied
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around his leg.
Why?
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So if and when something ever
went wrong and the Ark struck
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him or he died...
no one would be allowed to go
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in to retrieve his body, 'cause
they would suffer the same fate.
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On top of the Ark
were the figures of two angels.
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And it was said in the Bible
that God's presence came to rest
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in the tiny space between them.
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That was the place where
Heaven and Earth touched.
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The space between
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the angels on the lid of the Ark
was known as the Mercy Seat,
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upon which the image of God
would allegedly sit when
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communicating with a Levite priest.
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But did the Israelites really
witness an otherworldly presence
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between the two angels?
And if so, was it literally the
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image of God...
or something else?
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Based on the numerous accounts
of the Ark's awesome power, some
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ancient astronaut theorists have
proposed that it may have been
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an electrical capacitor, a device used
for storing and transmitting energy.
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Some of the stories
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that have come out of history
about the Ark of the Covenant,
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that it erupted in sparks and
flames and people would touch it
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and die instantly, or
that it leveled cities.
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And many people have theorized
that this is some type of actual
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large energy capacitor.
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"Capacitor" is exactly
the right word to use.
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It relies on static electricity.
It's the simplest device.
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You just need two conductors
with an insulator between them.
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You've got the outer gold, a
very nice conductor, and then if
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you open this up and look to the
inside, you'll see a second electrode.
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So what that's gonna look like...
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Okay, you have the outer
side of your Ark.
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That's gonna, say,
charge positive.
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Then you have your inner wall
of the Ark coated in gold.
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And then you have an
insulator in between...
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that's just the wood you
make the Ark out of.
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Now what you got to do is
get negative charges...
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here on the inner side.
Now the question is how do I
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get my positive and negative
charges onto my Ark?
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This is where the cherubs come in.
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You have one sitting on top
here... that's attached to the
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outer side, and you can put
charge on it and get your
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positive charge.
The other cherub is going to be
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sitting here... it won't be
connected to the outer layer,
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but it'll come in from a rod and
connect to the inner side...
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and this is where we'll
put our negative charge.
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So what that looks like over
here at the Ark, is this cherub
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will not actually be attached
to the outer conductor.
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There'll be an insulator there.
It'll sit on it, and then it can
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have a rod that goes through and
attaches to the inner conductor.
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Now, the Israelites
claimed to have actually been
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able to see the presence of God
between the two cherubs...
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a representation of God.
Now, if they weren't actually
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seeing a representation of God,
could this arc of energy have
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been some type of other energy
device that they were seeing?
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So, when we're thinking
about the Israelites
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seeing the image of God between
the two cherub wings, one of the
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things to keep in mind, I think,
is how the image of God was
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often described.
We have smoke, fire...
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there's very rarely an actual,
like, visual picture of a person.
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And so if you picture what arcs
of electricity will be doing,
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there'll probably be a little
bit of smoke, um, there will be
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the really bright light,
there'll be a crackling noise.
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That could certainly be
something that would be
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interpreted as an image of God.
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Is it possible that
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accounts of God's presence atop
the Ark were actually describing
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electrical discharge?
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And if so, might someone...
or something... have been sending
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electrical signals through
the Ark of the Covenant to
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communicate with the Israelites?
Ancient astronaut theorists
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believe such a notion is not
only possible, but all the more
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plausible, given the biblical
descriptions of a device known
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as "the Breastplate
of Judgment."
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According to the Book of Exodus,
it was worn by the priests when
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entering the Tabernacle, and
was adorned with 12 sacred
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gemstones called "the Stones of
Fire," which represented the 12
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tribes of Israel.
And according to detailed
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accounts from sacred texts known
as the Talmud, these gemstones
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played an important role when
communicating with God through the Ark.
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Somehow there would be
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a pulsating sound emanating
from on top of the cherubim.
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And these pulsating,
high-pitched sounds would cause
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a vibration in the stones
on his breastplate.
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The stones would actually
start to light up.
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There seems to be a
very complex, but very
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specific code happening here that
God is communicating through.
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It was like some
extraterrestrial Morse code that
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was being received from
the Ark of the Covenant.
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Jerusalem.
995 BC.
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Nearly a century after the
Philistines returned the Ark to
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Judah, King David transports it
to the capital city with plans
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to build an enormous temple
in order to house it.
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It's Solomon,
David's son, who built the
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Temple of Jerusalem and
installed the Ark in the inner
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sanctum, the Holy of Holies.
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Once installed
in the temple in 955 BC,
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the mysterious ark continued to
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serve the Israelites for another
three-and-a-half centuries...
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until, suddenly...
it vanishes from history.
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The Book of Kings describes
the destruction of the
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city of Jerusalem, says nothing
about the ark.
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It disappears from the literary
history in the same way that it
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disappeared from material history.
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But what happened to it?
Was it stolen? Destroyed?
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Or was it deliberately hidden?
There are those who believe they
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know the answer, and that not
only does the Ark still exist,
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but they are confident it will return.
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Mount Tsurugi, Japan.
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Every year, Shinto worshippers
ascend this mountain...
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6,000 miles from
the Jewish Holy Land.
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They carry an elaborate,
gold-clad chest that, like the
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Ark of the Covenant, is believed
to contain the spirit of God.
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Scholars in Japan
look at the Old Testament.
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They also look at the kind of
mythical foundational texts of
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Japan, like the Kojiki, and
see certain similarities.
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And they like to think that
these similarities are not just
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coincidences, but actually
suggest ancient connections.
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Part of this theory is that
these lost tribes of Israel
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brought the Ark to Japan, and it
ended up at a sacred peak, Mount
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Tsurugi, and it lays hidden in the
limestone caves underneath it.
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Could the Ark of the Covenant
really be hidden in Japan?
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And might this explain why
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Shinto worshippers perform a
ritual that's eerily reminiscent
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of the ancient Israelites carrying
the Ark through the desert?
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One Japanese historian named
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Takane Masanori was so confident
that the Ark of the Covenant was
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hidden in Mount Tsurugi, he
actually performed excavations
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of the mountain in the 1930s.
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Excavations were
started in 1936 on the
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peak, or near the peak of Mount
Tsurugi, and this research went
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on for some decades, and then,
it was all shut down, and the
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area is now a national park, so,
further research is banned for
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environmental reasons,
so we won't know.
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The Ark of the Covenant has not
been found in Japan, but the
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legend continues.
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Is it possible that a
lost tribe of Israel made
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00:31:56,410 --> 00:31:59,661
their way thousands of miles
across the Asian continent and
447
00:31:59,663 --> 00:32:04,633
brought the Ark to Japan?
It is just one theory out of many.
448
00:32:04,635 --> 00:32:10,422
Some biblical scholars suggest
449
00:32:10,424 --> 00:32:14,059
that Israel's high priests,
anticipating the destruction of
450
00:32:14,061 --> 00:32:18,513
the city, stashed the Ark deep
in a cave under Jerusalem's
451
00:32:18,515 --> 00:32:25,353
Temple Mount for protection.
It is also believed that,
452
00:32:25,355 --> 00:32:28,973
centuries later, the Ark was
discovered in its hiding place,
453
00:32:28,975 --> 00:32:35,697
and was taken away to safety by a
group known as the Knights Templar.
454
00:32:35,699 --> 00:32:39,084
The Knights Templar were
monks who were trained to
455
00:32:39,086 --> 00:32:43,755
fight as soldiers in the Holy
Land during the Crusades, from
456
00:32:43,757 --> 00:32:48,093
the 1100s up until the 1300s.
457
00:32:48,095 --> 00:32:50,662
They discovered a great treasure.
458
00:32:50,664 --> 00:32:55,383
They themselves describe it
as a great biblical treasure.
459
00:32:55,385 --> 00:32:58,386
There are certainly legends
throughout Europe, and
460
00:32:58,388 --> 00:33:02,006
specifically France, of where the
Ark of the Covenant ended up.
461
00:33:02,008 --> 00:33:05,343
Some say it was buried beneath
Chartres Cathedral in the crypt.
462
00:33:05,345 --> 00:33:09,681
Some say it was buried in the Languedoc
region near Rennes-le-Chateau.
463
00:33:09,683 --> 00:33:13,401
And we know that the Nazis
excavated in depth in these
464
00:33:13,403 --> 00:33:17,355
mountains, looking for
the Ark of the Covenant.
465
00:33:17,357 --> 00:33:20,825
But some believe the
Ark's journey didn't end in
466
00:33:20,827 --> 00:33:25,880
France, and that, eventually, it was
taken even further to the north.
467
00:33:25,882 --> 00:33:29,718
There's been a rumor
for years that the Templar
468
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,036
Treasure was actually taken
through France by the Templars.
469
00:33:32,038 --> 00:33:35,873
And the story goes that it was
then taken to Rosslyn Chapel in
470
00:33:35,875 --> 00:33:39,311
Scotland for safekeeping.
471
00:33:39,313 --> 00:33:42,046
Could the Ark of the
Covenant still be hidden
472
00:33:42,048 --> 00:33:46,884
somewhere in Rosslyn Chapel?
Or might it have been, as some
473
00:33:46,886 --> 00:33:51,439
ancient astronaut theorists
suggest, taken far away to North
474
00:33:51,441 --> 00:33:58,563
America, where it was hidden
deep underground, and still lies
475
00:33:58,565 --> 00:34:01,499
buried?
Perhaps.
476
00:34:01,501 --> 00:34:06,435
But there are those who believe
that the Ark isn't hidden at all.
477
00:34:08,737 --> 00:34:10,190
They claim its
whereabouts have been
478
00:34:10,192 --> 00:34:15,281
well-known and well-guarded
for hundreds of years.
479
00:34:17,083 --> 00:34:23,121
Aksum, Ethiopia.
The Church of St. Mary of Zion.
480
00:34:23,123 --> 00:34:27,341
A solitary monk, who is not
allowed to leave the grounds,
481
00:34:27,343 --> 00:34:31,963
is charged with guarding the
church's holiest relic.
482
00:34:33,265 --> 00:34:37,700
It is a job he has devoted his
life to, and one he will keep
483
00:34:37,702 --> 00:34:39,504
until his death.
484
00:34:40,906 --> 00:34:44,107
There's a cathedral there
called the Cathedral of
485
00:34:44,109 --> 00:34:46,442
St. Mary of Zion.
486
00:34:46,444 --> 00:34:50,446
And I started talking to the
monk who guarded the chapel.
487
00:34:50,448 --> 00:34:55,285
And he told me that lying in
that chapel was the true,
488
00:34:55,287 --> 00:34:59,422
the original, Ark of the Covenant.
Now, at first, it seemed to me
489
00:34:59,424 --> 00:35:03,143
like an incredibly tall story.
But as I began to look into it,
490
00:35:03,145 --> 00:35:06,813
I realized that there was
something to the Ethiopian claim.
491
00:35:06,815 --> 00:35:12,035
For example, why was there an ancient
Jewish population in Ethiopia?
492
00:35:12,037 --> 00:35:15,471
It was like they were frozen in
amber from an earlier time and
493
00:35:15,473 --> 00:35:17,524
caught in Ethiopia.
494
00:35:17,526 --> 00:35:22,245
And I got to know a succession of
three different guardians of the Ark.
495
00:35:22,247 --> 00:35:25,248
Once appointed as guardian, they
have a very short life span.
496
00:35:25,250 --> 00:35:26,416
They die very quickly.
497
00:35:26,418 --> 00:35:29,169
And one of them in particular
pointed to the issue of his eyes
498
00:35:29,171 --> 00:35:33,089
to me in the way that the cataracts
were creeping over his eyes.
499
00:35:33,091 --> 00:35:35,425
And I said, "What
is causing that?"
500
00:35:35,427 --> 00:35:39,462
And he said, "It's the Ark of the
Covenant that's causing "that."
501
00:35:39,464 --> 00:35:43,166
He said the Ark is a thing of fire.
502
00:35:43,168 --> 00:35:47,938
And there was such truth and power
in his words that I began to feel
503
00:35:47,940 --> 00:35:54,108
very strongly that the Ethiopians
could indeed have this object.
504
00:35:58,710 --> 00:36:03,719
Could the Ark of the Covenant really
reside in a church in Ethiopia,
505
00:36:03,721 --> 00:36:09,541
in a location so publicly known
and so modestly protected?
506
00:36:09,743 --> 00:36:13,579
If so, why has there been no proof?
507
00:36:15,281 --> 00:36:19,583
Is it an elaborate hoax?
Or is there perhaps another reason?
508
00:36:19,585 --> 00:36:22,954
And could that reason be based
509
00:36:22,956 --> 00:36:26,341
on one of the other audacious
theories concerning the Ark,
510
00:36:26,443 --> 00:36:29,228
that there are more than one of them?
511
00:36:31,630 --> 00:36:36,183
The Torah speaks that
there were actually two arks.
512
00:36:36,185 --> 00:36:39,720
There was one ark, which was
built by Moses when he first
513
00:36:39,722 --> 00:36:43,023
came down from Mount Sinai.
514
00:36:43,025 --> 00:36:45,609
And only later do we find in the
Book of Exodus was the
515
00:36:45,611 --> 00:36:49,813
commandment given for a ark
to be built by Bezalel.
516
00:36:49,815 --> 00:36:54,618
That was the ark that
stayed in the Tabernacle.
517
00:36:54,620 --> 00:36:58,789
If the Ark really was a
technological device, as
518
00:36:58,791 --> 00:37:03,210
ancient astronaut theorists
believe, might there really have
519
00:37:03,212 --> 00:37:07,831
been more than one of them?
And, if so, might the various
520
00:37:07,833 --> 00:37:11,752
myths and legends about the Ark
and its whereabouts all be
521
00:37:11,754 --> 00:37:14,722
plausible?
Perhaps.
522
00:37:14,724 --> 00:37:17,891
But whether there is one ark or
many, two other important
523
00:37:17,893 --> 00:37:22,646
what was the Ark's true purpose?
524
00:37:22,648 --> 00:37:27,919
And what would happen
if it ever returned?
525
00:37:32,368 --> 00:37:36,368
The Dome of the
Rock, Jerusalem.
526
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:43,881
This Islamic shrine sits atop
the Temple Mount, once the site
527
00:37:43,883 --> 00:37:47,635
of King Solomon's Temple and
the last known location of the
528
00:37:47,637 --> 00:37:55,643
Ark of the Covenant.
In 1981, a small team of Israeli
529
00:37:55,645 --> 00:38:02,433
workmen secretly tunneled under
this hotly disputed site.
530
00:38:02,435 --> 00:38:06,270
Rabbi Yehuda Getz, the
preeminent Rabbi of the Western
531
00:38:06,272 --> 00:38:09,607
Wall, supervised the highly
prohibited and politically
532
00:38:09,609 --> 00:38:14,061
inflammatory excavation.
533
00:38:14,063 --> 00:38:16,664
There was a pretty big
problem with this because
534
00:38:16,666 --> 00:38:21,735
that is the number one sacred
site for the Muslims as well,
535
00:38:21,737 --> 00:38:25,238
and these men believed strongly
enough that the Ark of the
536
00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,876
Covenant had been located there
that they were willing to take
537
00:38:28,878 --> 00:38:33,914
such great risks to try to locate
the Ark of the Covenant themselves.
538
00:38:33,916 --> 00:38:36,917
When Arabs on the Mount
heard noises from the
539
00:38:36,919 --> 00:38:41,555
cistern below, they confronted
the work crew in what became a
540
00:38:41,557 --> 00:38:46,977
dramatic subterranean standoff.
Police separated the two sides
541
00:38:46,979 --> 00:38:52,432
and ordered the tunnel to be resealed.
542
00:38:52,434 --> 00:38:56,870
To his dying day, Rabbi Getz
believed he was just 40 feet
543
00:38:56,872 --> 00:39:01,959
away from finding the original
Ark of the Covenant.
544
00:39:01,961 --> 00:39:05,746
But could such an audacious
claim be true?
545
00:39:05,748 --> 00:39:09,049
Might the Ark really still be
located where it was thousands
546
00:39:09,051 --> 00:39:14,388
of years ago, at the site of
the Jews' most sacred temple,
547
00:39:14,390 --> 00:39:17,591
one of the holiest places on Earth?
548
00:39:17,593 --> 00:39:23,764
For ancient astronaut theorists,
the answer may very well be yes,
549
00:39:23,766 --> 00:39:28,852
and for proof they point to
reports of strange sightings
550
00:39:28,854 --> 00:39:33,824
over the Mount in recent years.
551
00:39:33,826 --> 00:39:39,029
In 2011, there was a very
sensational UFO sighting
552
00:39:39,031 --> 00:39:42,666
over the Dome of the
Rock in Jerusalem.
553
00:39:42,668 --> 00:39:45,318
Many will call it a fraud.
554
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:46,954
Many will say it was not real.
555
00:39:46,956 --> 00:39:51,008
But it was witnessed that a ball
of light came down over the
556
00:39:51,010 --> 00:39:54,428
Temple Mount...
557
00:39:59,001 --> 00:40:03,604
and just hovered there.
558
00:40:03,606 --> 00:40:08,974
And then all of a sudden a pulsating
light went out from it, poof!
559
00:40:08,976 --> 00:40:09,860
Whoa!
560
00:40:09,862 --> 00:40:12,479
And then it ascended back up.
561
00:40:12,481 --> 00:40:15,449
Some speculate
562
00:40:15,451 --> 00:40:19,703
that this UFO sighting may have
been energizing the Ark of the
563
00:40:19,705 --> 00:40:23,957
Covenant, which is still
there in Jerusalem.
564
00:40:23,959 --> 00:40:30,764
Could it be a mere
coincidence that the UFO
565
00:40:30,766 --> 00:40:34,301
sightings occurred over this
particular site?
566
00:40:34,303 --> 00:40:38,705
Or could it be, as some ancient
astronaut theorists claim,
567
00:40:38,707 --> 00:40:42,426
merely the first in a series of
events concerning the Ark that
568
00:40:42,428 --> 00:40:48,432
are in fact the fulfillment of
an ancient prophecy?
569
00:40:48,434 --> 00:40:51,568
There's a very interesting
prophecy in the Book
570
00:40:51,570 --> 00:40:54,738
of Zechariah that states that
there's gonna be a tremendous
571
00:40:54,740 --> 00:40:59,076
earthquake in Jerusalem.
The Mount of Olives is to split.
572
00:40:59,078 --> 00:41:04,782
It is said that this earthquake
is to be caused by some type of
573
00:41:04,784 --> 00:41:11,088
sonic vibration created from
under the earth and that the
574
00:41:11,090 --> 00:41:13,907
powers from under the earth are
then gonna arise out of this
575
00:41:13,909 --> 00:41:20,047
chasm with the Ark.
This is then considered to be,
576
00:41:20,049 --> 00:41:23,967
"A," the return of the Ark and,
"B," the famous, of course,
577
00:41:23,969 --> 00:41:26,804
coming of the Messiah.
578
00:41:26,806 --> 00:41:31,308
All three of the big three
religions have prophecies
579
00:41:31,310 --> 00:41:36,280
about the end-time arrival
of a messianic figure.
580
00:41:36,282 --> 00:41:40,433
And what we're told is that
angels will help bring the Ark
581
00:41:40,435 --> 00:41:43,403
of the Covenant back to Earth.
582
00:41:43,405 --> 00:41:46,490
Could the lights seen
over the Temple Mount
583
00:41:46,492 --> 00:41:50,577
indicate that some sort of
extraterrestrial reactivation of
584
00:41:50,579 --> 00:41:52,613
the Ark was taking place?
585
00:41:52,615 --> 00:41:56,884
And, if so, might we be close
to finally rediscovering this
586
00:41:56,886 --> 00:42:03,590
ancient relic and finding the
source of its incredible power?
587
00:42:03,592 --> 00:42:08,512
If that device were ever
to be found, then that
588
00:42:08,514 --> 00:42:12,015
will forever change the
course of human history.
589
00:42:12,017 --> 00:42:16,353
Because if we look at our past,
it already has changed the
590
00:42:16,355 --> 00:42:19,940
course of human history.
591
00:42:19,942 --> 00:42:22,943
If the Ark could be
found and if it could be
592
00:42:22,945 --> 00:42:27,748
retrieved, the possibility
exists that its technology could
593
00:42:27,750 --> 00:42:32,786
be understood and exploited and
possibly even used to reconnect
594
00:42:32,788 --> 00:42:34,454
with whoever created it.
595
00:42:34,456 --> 00:42:37,674
If they were in fact
extraterrestrial beings, then
596
00:42:37,676 --> 00:42:41,962
the reality is we might have a
direct phone line to the E.T.s.
597
00:42:41,964 --> 00:42:45,883
We, as a culture, as a
species, we seem to use most
598
00:42:45,885 --> 00:42:48,552
of our technology for war.
599
00:42:48,554 --> 00:42:54,007
And so it would be like giving
a three-year-old a loaded gun.
600
00:42:54,009 --> 00:42:57,728
We can barely deal with the
technology that we have now, so
601
00:42:57,730 --> 00:43:02,482
maybe it's good that,
for now, it's hidden.
602
00:43:02,484 --> 00:43:05,819
Could the Ark of the
Covenant, perhaps the most
603
00:43:05,821 --> 00:43:09,706
coveted of the world's lost
relics, really be the ultimate
604
00:43:09,708 --> 00:43:14,494
proof of an ancient
extraterrestrial encounter?
605
00:43:14,496 --> 00:43:19,800
If so, what was it?
A sophisticated weapon?
606
00:43:19,802 --> 00:43:26,473
A communication device?
A nuclear power source?
607
00:43:26,475 --> 00:43:29,876
Or was it something else
entirely?
608
00:43:29,878 --> 00:43:32,980
Something beyond our
comprehension?
609
00:43:32,982 --> 00:43:38,018
And if it is found, will it lead
to mankind's destruction or to
610
00:43:38,020 --> 00:43:42,889
a reunion with our alien ancestors?
611
00:43:42,891 --> 00:43:48,061
One thing is certain: the search
for the Ark will continue.
612
00:43:48,063 --> 00:43:54,883
And there are those who believe it will
be found much sooner than we think.
613
00:43:55,305 --> 00:44:01,726
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